Debate: Should Germany ban AKP election campaign? euro|topics The city of Gaggenau in south-west Germany has cancelled an event at which the Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ was to appear, stressing... Read more

MAIN FOCUS: Next pillar of banking union standing | 19/12/2013 The EU finance ministers agreed on a system for dealing with failing banks on Wednesday. Europe‘s financial institutes are to... Read more

?Grand coalition? deal sealed in Germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) reached a deal early on Wednesday on forming a “grand coalition” after wrangling... Read more

Germany’s path towards new government fraught with dilemmas After losing out on her preferred coalition partners, Germany’s newly re-elected chancellor, Angela Merkel, faces a number of hurdles in securing a... Read more

Merkel romps to victory in German election Exit polls showed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU on 42 percent while Social Democrats stood at 26 percent German parties poised for coalition talks The chancellor... Read more

Merkel concludes campaign trying to fend off Eurosceptic threat German chancellor Angela Merkel wrapped up her re-election campaign with an appeal to defend Europe and her centre-right coalition against Eurosceptics... Read more